True Stories of the Great War, Volume 4 (of 6) / Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses
TRUE STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR
TALES OF ADVENTURE—HEROIC DEEDS—EXPLOITS TOLD BY THE SOLDIERS, OFFICERS, NURSES, DIPLOMATS, EYE WITNESSES Collected in Six Volumes From Official and Authoritative Sources ( See Introductory to Volume I ) VOLUME IV Editor-in-Chief FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER (Litt. D., LL.D.) Editor of The Search-Light Library 1917 REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY NEW YORK
Copyright, 1917, by REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY
The following stories have been selected for VOLUME IV by the Board of Editors, according to the plan outlined in Introductory to Volume I for collecting from all sources the Best Stories of the War. This group includes personal experiences of Soldiers at the front, Submarine Officers, Aviators, Prisoners, Ambulance Drivers, Red Cross Nurses, Priests, Spies, and American Eye-Witnesses. They have been collected from twenty-eight of the most authentic sources in Europe and America and include 134 adventures and episodes. Full credit is given in every instance to the original source.
VOLUME IV—TWENTY-EIGHT STORY-TELLERS—134 EPISODES
THE GLAD HAND An American Sailor in London Meets a Friend in the Canadian Army
THE STARS AND STRIPES PASSES THROUGH LONDON TOWN The Parade of the First American Contingent Past Cheering Multitudes of Londoners
A LONG WAY FROM THE POLO GROUNDS The Germans Complain That the English Don't Take War With Proper Seriousness: They Actually Play Football Between Shock Attacks. The American is Just as Bad: These Members of Admiral Sims' Destroyer Squadron Must Have Their Baseball in England as at Home.
SEEING THEMSELVES IN THE HOME PAPER American Nurses Who Have Just Found Pictures of Themselves
Experiences of an American Woman During the German Invasion
Told by Madame Laura de Gozdawa Turczynowicz
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CONTENTS
"WHEN THE PRUSSIANS CAME TO POLAND"—A TRAGEDY
MY EXPERIENCES WITH SPIES IN THE GREAT WAR
"THE ADVENTURE OF THE U-202"—THE KAISER'S ARMADA
"PASSED BY THE CENSOR"—TRUE STORIES FROM THE FIELDS OF BATTLE
"PRIESTS IN THE FIRING LINE"—THE CROSS AND CRUCIFIX
STORIES OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN—SEEN WITH HER OWN EYES
"PRISONER OF WAR"—A SOLDIER'S TALES OF THE ARMY
WAR SCENES I SHALL NEVER FORGET
"WAR LETTERS FROM FRANCE"—THE HEARTS OF HEROES
A NURSE AT THE WAR—THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT
"FROM DARTMOUTH TO THE DARDANELLES"—A MIDSHIPMAN'S LOG
HORRORS OF TRENCH FIGHTING—WITH THE CANADIAN HEROES
THE FLIGHT FROM CAPTIVITY ON "THE THIRD ATTEMPT"
CLIMBING THE SNOW-CAPPED ALPIAN PEAKS WITH THE ITALIANS
AT SEA IN A TYPHOON ON A UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT
A BOY HERO OF THE MIDI—THE LAD FROM MONACO
KNIGHTS OF THE AIR—FRENCHMEN WHO DEFY DEATH
FOUR AMERICAN PRISONERS ABOARD THE YARROWDALE
HUMORS OF THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
STORIES OF HEROIC WOMEN IN THE GREAT WAR
HOW WE STOLE THE TUG-BOAT
THE RUSSIAN SUN—ON THE TRAIL OF THE COSSACKS
A BOMBING EXPEDITION WITH THE BRITISH AIR SERVICE
HINDENBURG'S DEATH TRAP
ON THE GREAT WHITE HOSPITAL TRAIN—GOING HOME TO DIE
MY EXPERIENCES IN THE GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE IN THE WAR
"TODGER" JONES, V. C.
AN OFFICER'S STORY
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